LUCIAN BUTE RUMORS & GOSSIP

Former world champion Lucian Bute (31-2, 24 KOs) returns to the ring to face Italy’s Andrea Di Luisa (17-2, 13 KOs) in a 10-round super middleweight showdown on Premier Boxing Champions on NBCSN on Saturday, August 15 from the Bell Centre in Montreal with televised coverage beginning at 9 pm.
Another televised bout will pit a pair of undefeated light heavyweights against each other...

Integrated Sports Media (ISM) announced today that it will deliver the "Bute vs. Bolonti" double feature to United States fight fans, Saturday, December 6, live from historic Bell Centre in Montreal.
Bute vs. Bolonti is being distributed in the U.S. by ISM for live viewing at 8:00 p.m. ET on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DirecTV, DISH, and Vubiquity for a suggested...

Applying his busy, swarming style to its best effect, Jean Pascal won a commanding points victory over crosstown rival Lucian Bute this weekend. But in my mind it wasn't Pascal's punches in bunches energy that stood out, but Bute's relative passivity. He was effectively shut down for most of the fight, rarely letting his hands go with any degree of what had previously been La Tombeur...

MONTREAL, QUEBEC - After waiting for something in the neighborhood of five years to meet in the ring, Jean Pascal brutalized Lucian Bute for 11 rounds, nearly gave the way the fight in the fight twelfth, to win the battle of Canada by unanimous decision at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Armed with Roy Jones Jr. in his corner, Pascal thumped Bute for eleven rounds landing 57% of his...

Jean Pascal dominated an unusually tentative Lucian Bute to win the battle of former world champions by unanimous decision before 20,479 at the Bell Centre on Saturday night.
The decidedly pro-Bute crowd could do little to help their fighter, who appeared more concerned with not getting hit than with launching attacks.
One judge had it 117-110, another 117-111 and the third 116...

It would be wrong in a couple different ways to say that Jean Pascal beat Lucian Bute on HBO Saturday. He got the victory, certainly. But Bute practically handed the win to him, save for one final 12th round flurry, so the active verb of "beat" doesn't really apply. And Pascal beat a version of Bute that was nothing like the man who once was the body punch KO king of Canada, so Pascal...

You know, call me immature, but I get a lot of enjoyment out of hearing a 20,000 strong Montreal crowd chant “Bute, Bute.” I might even tune in to premium cable just for that. Thankfully, though, that won’t be the only attraction when light heavyweights Lucian Bute and Jean Pascal do battle in Montreal on Saturday night.
Bute and Pascal are superstars in Canada (or at least...

The official Jean Pascal vs. Lucian Bute weigh-in was held on Friday afternoon in Montreal, with the biggest fight in Canadian boxing history just a day away. Right here, you can find the complete Pascal vs. Bute weigh-in results, with photos of the fighters on the scales, and much more, including video interviews and other news updates.
Pascal vs. Bute Weigh-in Photos
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Two of Canada's most accomplished and popular boxers meet on Saturday night when Jean Pascal (28-2-1, 17 KOs) takes on Lucian Bute (34-1, 24 KOs) for the NABA light heavyweight title (HBO, 10:15 p.m. ET). Given their following, skill level, and that it takes place in Quebec, where both fighters call home, the atmosphere is destined to be electric.
"I'm like a kid in the candy shop...

(Lucian Bute, left, and Jean Pascal, probably just moments before asking the TQBR Radio team to TAKE THE TEST! FOR THE FANS!; photo credit: Herby Whyne)
The sting of a lack of boxing action on television is something that's become unfamiliar to us boxing fans. We've become soft -- spoiled, even. But the good stuff is just right around the bend, and we'll be past this frozen tundra...

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